Town of Aurora

Thanks to the staff at the Town of Aurora who organize and oversee the Summer Concert in the Parks and the Movies in the Park Food Drive collection. A special thank you to Ivy Hendriksen for encouraging and challenging her fellow staff across all Town Depts. (including Parks & Rec and the By-Laws Enforcement team) to donate and learn more about the Food Pantry. Great job Town staff!

Neighbourhood Network's Food Drive

On Saturday, October 24th close to 100 volunteers gathered at grocery stores in Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King Township, and Newmarket.

Together, we collected over 400 bags of food and raised over $3,000 for local food banks. A big #Thank You Thursday goes out to the volunteers and to the community for your support!

Dr. G.W. Williams Peer Mentor GroupFall Food Drive

Aurora Superstore's Manager - Aaron Kornacki rolls up his sleeves to help out.

The Aurora Superstore is a great supporter of the AFP. Their support includes encouraging their customers to donate items at their store, providing bakery items and bread for our clients each week and allowing us to price match and buy in bulk when we need to purchase items in short supply.

Store Manager, Aaron Kornacki came by for a visit and to help with sorting earlier this month. Last week, his staff teamed up with York Regional Police to host a BBQ on location and encouraged customers to fill a police cruiser full of donations. They successfully donated $200 worth of food items to the Pantry.

Our Lady of Grace Elementary School

A HUGE thank you goes out to the students and families who supported the OLG Food Drive at their Annual Family BBQ this month.Thank you to the Parent Council for organizing the delivery and collection of food. We are so grateful for all your donations!

On May 2nd, 2015, the Aurora Chapter of BETA SIGMA PHI called Xi Eta Alpha held a multi-family garage sale at Graystones Restaurant in Aurora. The group was pleased to raise just over $1000 to support the Aurora Food Pantry. Thank you to all the community members who supported this event and the ladies who organized it:Mary Bar, Laurie Calvert, Nancy Carswell, Elaine DeAbreu, Anita Dizgun, Ann Dreger, Suzanne Henderson, Homa Karamchi, Jane Katergos, Sarah Kavoosi, Donna McQueston, Terri Molloy, Bonnie Munslow, Valerie Ourumis, Julianne Panagiotoglou, Menoosh Sotoadeh and Irene Wright.﻿

GREEN SIDE UP LANDSCAPE DONATES 3309 LBS OF FOOD THIS YEAR!

Green Side Up Landscape held their 3rd Annual Easter Food Drive and Raffle. Owner Jay Saveall and his team collected food and cash donations with a total of 3,309 lbs of food that was delivered to the Aurora Food Pantry. This generous donation was made possible thanks to the help of Green Side Up Landscape, their customers and our community. Within a month, hundreds of people visit the Aurora Food Pantry who are in need of food. In addition to the food collection, a draw was held where one lucky recipient, won up to $3500 in landscaping from Green Side Up and a revolutionary Junk Bunk recycling cart. Way to go! For further information, visit: www.greensideuplandscape.com

​Bryan & Lisa of Olympus, Nancy-Jean, Nadera, John & Beulah of Aurora Food Pantry receiving a cheque of $3000 from the Olympus Tough Crew to support the Food Pantry in their programs. Photo courtesy of Snap'd Aurora

​Congratulations to Aurora Sobeys Extra on the Grand Opening of the new store in Aurora. Thank you so much for the generous donation we received on February 21 2014.

A Special thank you to Opus Homes for their generous donation of $2,000.

Food Drive Organizers

Green Side Up LandscapeCountry Day SchoolClean River Recycling SolutionsAurora MontessorriAurora Grove Public SchoolNorthern Lights Public SchoolTMS SchoolLester B Pearson Public SchoolRick Hanson Public SchoolHartman Public Schoolkettle Lake Public SchoolOur Lady Of Grace C.E.S.Cardinal Carter Catholic High SchoolAurora Special OlympicsAurora Family Martial ArtsMonkman GroupRBC Insurance - 404 Plaza Aurora Aurora Farmers Market Storm Volleyball Town of Aurora Colours of Fall Concert St. Maxmilian Kolbe Catholic High School Kirchoff Van-Rob Team at Highland GM in Aurora Chartwell Park Place Retirement Home St. Joseph's Catholic School Holy Spirit Catholic School Regency Acres Public School Timberland Athletic Club Ecole secondaire catholic Renaissance TCM Montessori School Villa Nova College Aurora Presbyterian Church